When you only have a few days to get away, why spend half your time preparing? Quick Escapes® From Seattle frees you from the details and puts you on the road to an enjoyable time away from home. Inside you'll find 12 carefully planned getaways within driving distance of the Seattle metro area. With this guide, you'll find enough variety to suit every budget and taste.

Forty classic rides through the region’s quintessential scenes * With its spectacular and varied scenes, no other region of America can best the Pacific Northwest when it comes to motorcycle touring—whether a Sunday afternoon ride with friends or a multiday adventure. Now, with Motorcycle Touring in the Pacific Northwest, bikers have an unparalleled guide describing forty classic rides across the quintessential landscapes of Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver/British Columbia—from the rugged Pacific coast to breathtaking islands, from rain forests to deserts, from the Cascades to the Rockies. In friendly prose peppered with anecdotes, sidebars, and interesting asides, Christy Karras and Steve Zusy describe the routes—most representing a day’s worth of riding—and include a map for each, color photographs, and details aplenty on road conditions and terrain, sites worth stopping for, amenities, and side trips.

Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact period, the environment of the region, the impact of the Klondike gold rush, and politics since 1945. Recent environmental controversies, such as endangered salmon runs and the spotted owl dispute, have been addressed, as has the effect of the Cold War on the region’s economy. The author has also expanded discussion of the roles of women and minorities and updated statistical information.

A facsimile reprint of a 1945 report on the Northwest Indians, answering questions about who they are, what they eat, their housing, work, clothing, home life, government, religion, and status.

In this extensive guide to America's upper-left corner, Lucas uncovers everything from the best buys in bustling Pike Place Market to Charles at Smuggler's Cove, a mansion once owned by Al Capone and now a French restaurant. He also points the way to outdoor adventure--the rapids of the Salmon River, the slopes of Whistler Resort, and more. 12 illustrations. 20 maps.

Birding in the Pacific Northwest has never been easier! Birds of the Pacific Northwest describes and illustrates more than 400 bird species commonly encountered in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia. This comprehensive, full-color guide is organized to follow the order in which groups and species are presented by the American Union. Range maps for each species provide valuable information for identification. Detailed accounts of nearly 400 bird species, including common favorites and rare curiosities More than 870 spectacular photographs of relevant plumages and birds in flight Precise descriptions of voices, behaviors, and habitats Top birding sites in the Pacific Northwest Individual range maps, showing seasonal and migratory patterns Easy to use for beginners and experts alike

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press The lawlessness of the frontier towns of the plains states is well documented. However, as silver and gold deposits were found in the Pacific Northwest the rush of miners and speculators that brought to the region brought with it its own share of crime and criminals. Author Bill Gulick sticks to the facts in telling the stories of this region but does so in swift conversational prose that entertains and educates.

This is a book about North American places, large and small, urban and rural, well known and off the beaten track. It's also a book about all the wonderful strangers we knew for an hour or two. And to some degree, a book about living the life of a tumbleweed. When I retired we bought a really big recreational vehicle (RV), sold the house, got rid of our "stuff," and set out on a ten year roadtrip to see what there was to see.

Quick Escapes From Portland, OR takes the work out of trip planning and features easy-to-follow, carefully planned itineraries for 36- to 48-hour getaways from the metropolitan area.